Korean birthing culture
Call a hospital and you're likely to have them go, child what? Birthing, child birthing! And then have them chuckle at you and go, no, no, no classes. After all, the doctor's the expert, right? Why would you want to know what's going on?

And afterwards when you're responsible for another human? Just check into a mom's hotel. Truth is there are a lot of options out there and a lot of help for foreigners.

The problem with doctors
Though doctors seldom offer you the non-medical choices and don't usually know where foreigners can get help. I know that the C-section rate in Korea is over 30% and many women don't
end up with the birth they want. Many hospitals treat women like cattle
on an assembly line that they poke, prod, cut, and sewn up which can cause new moms to feel hurt, deprived, robbed of their birth, and distant from their bodies. While you usually recover quite quickly physically, recovering
emotionally is a different story since interventions can cause postpartum depression. The website, Childbirth Connections has a number of reports and fact sheets you can show your doctor.

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